Monday, March 30, 2009

I have finally figured out how to put my profile song on my profile! Feel free to click on my audio clip on right (You Can't Stop the Beat!) and let me know if it works...

Funny, cause I went out and got the cd from the library, tried numerous ways to link it to a URL and embed it, and then it just suddenly got added with one click... hmm... maybe I'm good at technical work now!

My Lesson Plan was taught very well! It sort of helped that Kalin went first in class. He taught 12th grade Health class. Steroids are a fascinating subject to college-students-pretending-to-be-high-schoolers. He made it through with a smile, though. I observed what he did, and what our teacher made notes on. Then all too soon it was my turn.

I have to admit that I got a very high satisfaction out of instructing my class to sing the Easter song. Most of them stared in disbelief when I told them to get out their 'counting fingers!'. Some giggled while we sang, 'One little, two little, three little Easter eggs...'. The 'macho' guys rolled their eyes. Nathan, who really can't be categorized as macho, grinned and bounced while singing.

The Easter egg activity went well. You might have seen this activity before. It has a cute pattern, you cut it out and use a brad to fasten two pieces of a pattern together. What you get is a little egg, which opens to reveal a tiny chick with a top hat and a bow tie.

Since when do chicks hatch out with a top hat and a bow tie?

It looked something like this, only fancier and covered in glitter and stickers.

I got ten out of a possible ten points. My teacher's only complaint about my lesson went something like, "Don't overuse the term 'guys'-it's sexist."

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Well, Today is the day I get to teach my first classroom!! I chose preschoolers because I deal with them best. It's gonna be fun! My subject is: Ee is for Easter! I'm using the IPEAR method to teach it.

Introduce: Give each child an egg with a surprise in it. What is the egg for? EASTER!!!

You can't stop an avalanche as it races down the hillYou can try to stop the seasons, girl, but you know you never willAnd you can try to stop my dancing feet, but I just cannot stand still!

'Cause the world keeps spinnin' round and roundAnd my heart's keepin' time to the speed of the soundI was lost 'til I heard the drums, then I found my way'Cause you can't stop the beat

Ever since the whole world beganA woman found out if she shook it, she could shake up a manAnd so I'm gonna shake and shimmy it with all of my might today'Cause you can't stop the motion of the ocean or the sun in the skyYou can wonder, if you wanna, but I never ask whyAnd you can try to hold me down, but I'll spit in your eye and sayThat You Can't Stop the Beat!

You can't stop today (no)As it comes speeding 'round the track [oooh, child yes!]Yesterday is history [be gone!]And it's never comin back! [Look ahead, cause...]Tomorrow is a brand new day, and it don't know white from black [Yeah!]

'Cause the world keeps spinnin' round and roundAnd my heart's keepin time to the speed of soundI was lost til I heard the drums, then I found my way'Cause you cant stop the beat!

Ever since we first saw the light,A man and woman like to shake it on a Saturday nightSo I'm gonna shake and shimmy it with all of my might today!Cause you cant stop the motion of the ocean, or the rain from aboveThey can try to stop the paradise we're dreamin ofBut you cannot stop the rhythm of two hearts in love to stayYou can't stop the beat!

May was NOT the best time to start a blog. Mostly because I didn't have internet at camp. But that's okay. We had entirely too much fun and got paid to do it! My whole summer was filled with screaming kids, canoes and paddleboats, spiders, legendary monsters, missing Aaron, making new friends, riding horses... and all that jazz!!

School was a welcome respite from one kind of craziness. I now plunged into stacks of books and learning. My classes for fall included:

Last month I was diagnosed with the craziest thing...synesthesia. It's pretty awesome for a neuro-condition. You can read about it here:http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/32474/title/The_Colorful_World_of_Synesthesia

About Me

No, you can't stopThe motion of the oceanOr the rain from aboveThey can try to stop the paradiseWe're dreaming ofBut you cannot stop the rhythmOf two hearts in love to stay'Cause you can't stop the beat!

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About the Artist

I live in a world full of fantastic color. My name is baby blue and feels like cotton candy. I have synesthesia, which is a rare sensory condition. ****
I love music more than anything in the world, probably because it is the music of angels :)****
Gandhi is my hero and my role model, although I don't agree with everything he said or did.****
I never really had a childhood, but I'm happy to announce that the child in me is now alive and strong!
You can read my story at http://pastflashes.blogspot.com/